CVE-2010-0182

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-04-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The XMLDocument::load function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.9 and 3.6.x before 3.6.2, Thunderbird before 3.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4 does not perform the expected nsIContentPolicy checks during loading of content by XML documents, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted content.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 3.5.7; 3.6, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 (+91)
Mozilla Seamonkey: through 2.0.3; 1.0, 1.0-alpha, 1.0-beta, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3 (+39)
Mozilla Thunderbird: through 3.0.3; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+55)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39397
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100091069
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-24.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0500.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0501.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39479
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1557

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